Test # 1705
Sri Lanka in Australia, 2004, 1st Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin
1,2,3 July 2004 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 149 runs
Series: Australia leads the 2-Test series 1-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and BF Bowden (NZ)
TV Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Test Debut: SL Malinga (SL).
Man of the Match: GD McGrath

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 207, Sri Lanka 43/3 (Jayawardene 12*, Zoysa 8*; 16 overs)
  • Day 2: Sri Lanka 97, Australia 201 
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
JL Langer             c Chandana         b Samaraweera         30 107  70  3 0
ML Hayden             c Jayasuriya       b Vaas                37 131  83  4 0
MTG Elliott           c Arnold           b Vaas                 1   1   8  0 0
DR Martyn             c Arnold           b Jayasuriya          47 124  84  5 0
DS Lehmann            lbw                b Malinga             57 126 107  7 0
SM Katich             c Sangakkara       b Vaas                 9  58  43  0 0
*+AC Gilchrist        c Sangakkara       b Malinga              0   3   3  0 0
SK Warne              run out (Arnold/Sangakkara)               2  28  18  0 0
JN Gillespie          lbw                b Vaas                 4  17  13  0 0
MS Kasprowicz         not out                                   2  11   7  0 0
GD McGrath            c Samaraweera      b Vaas                 0   1   1  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 6, w 2, nb 8)                   18
Total                 (all out, 71.3 overs, 310 mins)         207

FoW: 1-72 (Langer, 24.1 ov), 2-73 (Elliott, 25.5 ov),
     3-80 (Hayden, 29.1 ov), 4-177 (Martyn, 54.4 ov),
     5-189 (Lehmann, 59.1 ov), 6-189 (Gilchrist, 59.4 ov),
     7-201 (Warne, 67.1 ov), 8-202 (Katich, 69.1 ov),
     9-207 (Gillespie, 71.2 ov), 10-207 (McGrath, 71.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        18.3    6     31      5 (1nb)
Malinga                     14      3     50      2 (6nb, 1w)
Zoysa                       13      4     24      0 (1nb, 1w)
Samaraweera                  9      1     43      1
Chandana                     6      0     30      0
Jayasuriya                  11      4     21      1

Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
*MS Atapattu                             b McGrath              4  10   9  0 0
ST Jayasuriya         lbw                b McGrath              8  50  25  1 0
+KC Sangakkara        lbw                b Gillespie            2  16  17  0 0
DPMD Jayawardene      c Langer           b Gillespie           14  51  43  2 0
DNT Zoysa             c Gilchrist        b McGrath             12  49  27  2 0
TT Samaraweera        c Gilchrist        b McGrath              1  12   9  0 0
TM Dilshan            not out                                  17  93  59  1 0
RP Arnold             c Elliott          b McGrath              6  19  15  1 0
UDU Chandana          c Gilchrist        b Warne               14  44  36  1 1
WPUJC Vaas            c Hayden           b Warne                5  10  12  1 0
SL Malinga            c Gillespie        b Warne                0   9   6  0 0
Extras                (lb 7, nb 7)                             14
Total                 (all out, 41.5 overs, 186 mins)          97

FoW: 1-10 (Atapattu, 2.2 ov), 2-20 (Sangakkara, 5.4 ov),
     3-33 (Jayasuriya, 10.4 ov), 4-47 (Jayawardene, 17.5 ov),
     5-50 (Samaraweera, 20.2 ov), 6-51 (Zoysa, 22.1 ov),
     7-59 (Arnold, 26.5 ov), 8-85 (Chandana, 37.1 ov),
     9-91 (Vaas, 39.5 ov), 10-97 (Malinga, 41.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     15      4     37      5 (5nb)
Gillespie                   13      4     18      2
Kasprowicz                   7      1     15      0 (2nb)
Warne                        6.5    1     20      3

Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
JL Langer             c Sangakkara       b Vaas                10  12  12  1 0
ML Hayden             c Sangakkara       b Zoysa                2  16   6  0 0
MTG Elliott           c Dilshan          b Vaas                 0   9   3  0 0
DR Martyn             c Sangakkara       b Malinga              7  65  31  1 0
DS Lehmann            c Sangakkara       b Malinga             51  82  59  8 0
SM Katich             c Dilshan          b Chandana            15  84  56  2 0
*+AC Gilchrist        run out (Jayawardene/Sangakkara)         80 182 123  9 0
SK Warne              lbw                b Malinga              1  13   5  0 0
JN Gillespie          c Samaraweera      b Chandana            16  44  45  3 0
MS Kasprowicz                        c & b Malinga             15  64  39  1 1
GD McGrath            not out                                   0   2   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 1)                              4
Total                 (all out, 63.1 overs, 291 mins)         201

FoW: 1-12 (Langer, 2.4 ov), 2-12 (Hayden, 3.1 ov),
     3-14 (Elliott, 4.1 ov), 4-64 (Martyn, 16.1 ov),
     5-77 (Lehmann, 20.5 ov), 6-114 (Katich, 34.4 ov),
     7-127 (Warne, 37.3 ov), 8-154 (Gillespie, 48.3 ov),
     9-201 (Gilchrist, 62.4 ov), 10-201 (Kasprowicz, 63.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        14      4     51      2
Zoysa                       16      3     57      1
Malinga                     15.1    3     42      4 (1nb)
Jayasuriya                   6      3      9      0
Chandana                    11      1     30      2
Arnold                       1      0      9      0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 312 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
*MS Atapattu          c Warne            b Kasprowicz          10  44  39  0 0
ST Jayasuriya         lbw                b McGrath             16  73  47  2 0
+KC Sangakkara        run out (Martyn)                          0   5   4  0 0
DPMD Jayawardene                         b McGrath             44 150 114  2 0
TT Samaraweera        c Gilchrist        b Kasprowicz          32 117  81  2 0
TM Dilshan            c Gilchrist        b Kasprowicz          14  56  44  0 0
RP Arnold             c Gilchrist        b Kasprowicz          11  29  23  1 0
UDU Chandana                             b Kasprowicz          17  23  22  3 0
WPUJC Vaas            not out                                  10  23  16  1 0
DNT Zoysa             c Gilchrist        b Kasprowicz           1  11   8  0 0
SL Malinga            c Gilchrist        b Kasprowicz           0   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 2, nb 4)                         7
Total                 (all out, 65.4 overs)                   162

FoW: 1-23 (Atapattu, 11.2 ov), 2-23 (Sangakkara, 12.3 ov),
     3-30 (Jayasuriya, 16.5 ov), 4-109 (Samaraweera, 45.3 ov),
     5-113 (Jayawardene, 48.1 ov), 6-132 (Arnold, 55.2 ov),
     7-141 (Dilshan, 59.4 ov), 8-152 (Chandana, 61.6 ov),
     9-162 (Zoysa, 65.3 ov), 10-162 (Malinga, 65.4 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     16      9     24      2 (1nb, 1w)
Gillespie                   13      2     37      0 (1w)
Kasprowicz                  17.4    3     39      7 (3nb)
Warne                       19      2     61      0
    • 12th Men: SCG MacGill (Australia) and HMRKB Herath (Sri Lanka)

      Day 1

    • Australia 50 in 16.1 overs (Langer 20*, Hayden 25*)
    • Lunch - Australia 75/2 in 27 overs (Hayden 36*, Martyn 1*)
    • Australia 100 in 33.2 overs (Martyn 15*, Lehmann 7*)
    • Australia 150 in 47 overs (Martyn 34*, Lehmann 35*)
    • Tea - Australia 177/4 in 54.4 overs (Lehmann 48*)
    • Lehmann 50 in 111 mins off 93 balls, 4x4
    • Australia 200 in 66.2 overs (Katich 8*, Warne 2*)
    • Attendance: 4995

      Day 2

    • Sri Lanka 1st innings
    • Sri Lanka 50 in 19.5 overs (Zoysa 11*, Samaraweera 1*)
    • Australia 2nd innings
    • Australia 50 in 13.5 overs (Martyn 7*, Lehmann 30*)
    • Lehmann 50 in 55 balls, 8x4
    • Tea - Australia 84/5 in 25 overs (Katich 4*, Gilchrist 7*)
    • Australia 100 in 27.1 overs (Katich 9*, Gilchrist 20*)
    • Australia 2nd Innings: 1x7 ball over (3rd over, bowled by Chaminda Vaas, called by Aleem Dar)
    • Australia 150 in 47.4 overs (Gilchrist 48*, Gillespie 16*)
    • Gilchrist 50 in 80 balls, 5x4
    • Australia 200 in 61.3 overs (Gilchrist 80*, Kasprowicz 15*)

      Day 3

    • Sri Lanka 2nd Innings: 1x7 ball over (13th over, bowled by McGrath, called by Aleem Dar)
    • Sri Lanka 50 in 27.1 overs (Jayawardene 11*, Samaraweera 6*)
    • Lunch - Sri Lanka 50/3 in 28 overs (Jayawardene 11*, Samaraweera 6*)
    • Sri Lanka 100 in 43.5 overs (Jayawardene 42*, Samaraweera 25*)
    • Tea - Sri Lanka 135/6 in 57 overs (Dilshan 13*, Chandana 2*)
    • Sri Lanka 150 in 61.5 overs (Chandana 17*, Vaas 1*)



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